Man oh man, does it look SO much better!
There's more light in there now, and it looks much more organized and professional, plus I have a lot more space for more cages now, which means more bunnies! We also cleaned out a stall we were using for hay storage, and are going to be using that area as well for rabbits. I think we are going to keep all the bucks in there, or the larger breeds. I haven't really decided whose going to go where yet.
I actually have an aisle way in the barn now, it's fantastic! The main barn door isn't blocked anymore so no more needing to use the side door, we can just walk right in and go down the aisle. I also setup my trophy/awards display area as well as the temporary grooming/examination area etc. I really need to get new carpet squares, or just break down and buy a grooming table again. The bucks have destroyed my carpet squares, they look disgusting :(. Overall I'm pretty happy with the setup, we only have about 13 seniors in the barn now, along with 2 juniors but we have plenty of open cage space for upcoming litters or adding new breeding stock.
I had a litter due today out of one of my black does, ML's Doozy, she wasn't showing signs of being broody. She peed in her nestbox and ate all of the hay out of it..I don't think she took but I'm giving her until tomorrow to kindle incase she's just late. That would be 3 missed litters for me in a row! First a Belgian litter, now 2 Mini Rex litters, and things were going so good! Oh well, I'll have to do some re-breedings and hope they take this time around. A few months ago I was getting does bred and babies in my nestboxes no problem. I know it's not the bucks, because they've both sired litters for my friends with their does. Grrr, it's a very aggravating situation!
I'll update more on the barn arrangements and litters tomorrow!
-Domonique
Sunday, November 22, 2009
Friday, November 20, 2009
Before I forget.
I've been told my site tagline is inappropriate where I haven't been breeding Mini Rex rabbits for that long, so I've changed it from "specializing in" to "breeding show quality", to better help with my making things understandable problem. I used specializing in a "what breeds I have" context, which to myself I understood, but to others it came across more confusing.
I've changed it, first step in being proactive and wording things better over the internet!
I've changed it, first step in being proactive and wording things better over the internet!
Thursday, November 19, 2009
Time to be more clear with things!
It's been brought to my attention I have been confusing people with my blogs, I tend to ramble and get flustered I know, so I'll clear a few things up I've received questions about regarding posts.
3. My posts are more so explaining/answering questions that have been brought to my attention, I'm not nailing anyone on the head for anything, so if you see something that may be in regards to you, please feel free to contact me and discuss it privately. EXAMPLE: "those reputable breeders trying to make a sale", that post was written after I had been told the actual breeders under the tent I bought animals from, knew I was buying a rabbit unpedigreed, and still sold me stock to breed to it (stated above) whether they actually did or not, is beyond my knowledge, it's just what I've been told.
4. It has been said the rabbit I bought was tattooed, he was NOT. You can personally speak to the breeder that tattooed him afterwards, and the other breeders who saw his clean ears about it if you really want to, and the judge that judged him that same day as well, who noticed his fresh tattoo and told me to clean it up because it was almost unreadable :P, not bashing the lovely tattoo artist!
5. I don't know whose pedigree I have, because apparently the animal I own does not have one.
6. Can someone who has a lot of experience with certain breeders and their prefixes contact me, there are a lot of unknowns on this pedigree. This has nothing to do with the rabbit in question, it's been cleared he has no pedigree. Now we are just trying to find out whose pedigree this is and where it came from.
I've been out riding the horses the past few days with Aubrie, and it has been a great stress reliever, but I am extremely sore from it. I'm taking a break from riding to sit inside tomorrow because it's supposed to rain anyway. LYRA didn't kindle....figures, I have a few more does I'm praying took. One litter is out of this unknown buck, they will be partial pedigreed bunnies, no false advertising there :) The partial they do have is a nice one, the dam is a Minnow Lakes rabbit with nice lines behind her, I know for a fact, because she is from a reputable breeder who I spoke to directly when I bought her and is someone fighting to clear the falsifying of pedigrees from the show world.
Goodnight/early morning!
1. I did not buy the rabbit in question, from a BREEDER, although a few people have said I bought it directly from a breeder as a pet, which is not the case, he was purchased out of a sale barn where there were both pedigreed and nonpedigreed animals for sale. I was told the one we were interested in had a pedigree. I spoke to 3 separate people about the animal in question, and paid someone who I have been told was not the actual person selling the animal, I don't know the sale barn process or how it worked out. It has also been brought to my attention there was no record of this rabbit being sold this year at the show. LESSON LEARNED HERE? DON'T BUY ANIMALS FROM PEOPLE YOU DON'T TRUST, OR SITUATIONS THAT ARE CONFUSING!
2. When I was talking about "those reputable breeders will do anything to make a sale" I was talking about the people under the actual show tent, who sold me animals who supposedly knew the rabbit in question was not pedigreed but did not say anything to me about it. Instead they sold me stock to breed to it. I was not speaking of a BREEDER who sold me the animal in question.
2. When I was talking about "those reputable breeders will do anything to make a sale" I was talking about the people under the actual show tent, who sold me animals who supposedly knew the rabbit in question was not pedigreed but did not say anything to me about it. Instead they sold me stock to breed to it. I was not speaking of a BREEDER who sold me the animal in question.
3. My posts are more so explaining/answering questions that have been brought to my attention, I'm not nailing anyone on the head for anything, so if you see something that may be in regards to you, please feel free to contact me and discuss it privately. EXAMPLE: "those reputable breeders trying to make a sale", that post was written after I had been told the actual breeders under the tent I bought animals from, knew I was buying a rabbit unpedigreed, and still sold me stock to breed to it (stated above) whether they actually did or not, is beyond my knowledge, it's just what I've been told.
4. It has been said the rabbit I bought was tattooed, he was NOT. You can personally speak to the breeder that tattooed him afterwards, and the other breeders who saw his clean ears about it if you really want to, and the judge that judged him that same day as well, who noticed his fresh tattoo and told me to clean it up because it was almost unreadable :P, not bashing the lovely tattoo artist!
5. I don't know whose pedigree I have, because apparently the animal I own does not have one.
6. Can someone who has a lot of experience with certain breeders and their prefixes contact me, there are a lot of unknowns on this pedigree. This has nothing to do with the rabbit in question, it's been cleared he has no pedigree. Now we are just trying to find out whose pedigree this is and where it came from.
I've been out riding the horses the past few days with Aubrie, and it has been a great stress reliever, but I am extremely sore from it. I'm taking a break from riding to sit inside tomorrow because it's supposed to rain anyway. LYRA didn't kindle....figures, I have a few more does I'm praying took. One litter is out of this unknown buck, they will be partial pedigreed bunnies, no false advertising there :) The partial they do have is a nice one, the dam is a Minnow Lakes rabbit with nice lines behind her, I know for a fact, because she is from a reputable breeder who I spoke to directly when I bought her and is someone fighting to clear the falsifying of pedigrees from the show world.
Goodnight/early morning!
-Domonique
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Hmmm.
Upon reading something earlier today, I have to agree with them. Rabbit breeders and rabbit shows have changed since I was showing back in the early 90's. People are most hostile and tend to stick their noses places they do not belong.
Received another email today, apparently "several" Mini Rex breeders said that they personally knew I was buying a rabbit without a pedigree. I find it funny, because these same breeders paired up does to go with this rabbit in question and I was told when I was looking through rabbits in the barn, that he had a pedigree, and the one on the opposing side of him did not. These "reputable" breeders will do anything to make a sale, and if they knew at the time that I was getting a rabbit that didn't actually have a pedigree, then why would they not saying anything and still sell me expensive breeding stock?
Being the person that I am, I will not come out and mention names like everyone else has. It's childish and there is absolutely no need to go around ruining other peoples reputations. These "breeders" knowing that I had never bred Mini Rex before, offered little to no help to me, other than to make a sale. I think my number of years in this hobby and the amount of money I spent on Mini Rex breeding stock spoke for itself in my intent and seriousness in this world, I trusted their judgement and experience.
No matter, I have plenty of people behind my back supporting me and who know the truth. A few breeders going around telling people not to associate with me is only going to make them look bad. Who is a good person to go around bad mouthing others? My advice to fellow breeders, and normal people a like, treat people how you would like to be treated. Would you like to be attacked in this way? I don't think so, you would want to be heard out and understood. I mean come on people, it's a piece of paper. If the rabbit has or doesn't have a pedigree, then who cares! It's not worth all this trouble that has been stirred up. I'll throw the pedigree away and that will be that, I've corrected every listing the rabbit was under, informed interested parties, and that's all there is to it! No need for this BS and going behind backs and handing out bad reputations to people who do not deserve them. Learn the story, before going and making accusations, how do you know what was said to me, what people I spoke to and the whole situation? Case and point, you don't.
My red doe didn't kindle, *sigh*. Just another thing to add to the stress. You'll still all see me at the rabbit shows no worries, these people won't keep me from what I love, and this little mess won't affect me much. I've been at this perhaps just as long if not longer then they have, granted I might be new at Mini Rex. When I was showing, someone of them weren't even breeding rabbits yet. In that time I've built up a lot of friendships that will hold fast, and plenty of people know me and my name in a good light, and I have never lead someone in the wrong direction.
Received another email today, apparently "several" Mini Rex breeders said that they personally knew I was buying a rabbit without a pedigree. I find it funny, because these same breeders paired up does to go with this rabbit in question and I was told when I was looking through rabbits in the barn, that he had a pedigree, and the one on the opposing side of him did not. These "reputable" breeders will do anything to make a sale, and if they knew at the time that I was getting a rabbit that didn't actually have a pedigree, then why would they not saying anything and still sell me expensive breeding stock?
Being the person that I am, I will not come out and mention names like everyone else has. It's childish and there is absolutely no need to go around ruining other peoples reputations. These "breeders" knowing that I had never bred Mini Rex before, offered little to no help to me, other than to make a sale. I think my number of years in this hobby and the amount of money I spent on Mini Rex breeding stock spoke for itself in my intent and seriousness in this world, I trusted their judgement and experience.
No matter, I have plenty of people behind my back supporting me and who know the truth. A few breeders going around telling people not to associate with me is only going to make them look bad. Who is a good person to go around bad mouthing others? My advice to fellow breeders, and normal people a like, treat people how you would like to be treated. Would you like to be attacked in this way? I don't think so, you would want to be heard out and understood. I mean come on people, it's a piece of paper. If the rabbit has or doesn't have a pedigree, then who cares! It's not worth all this trouble that has been stirred up. I'll throw the pedigree away and that will be that, I've corrected every listing the rabbit was under, informed interested parties, and that's all there is to it! No need for this BS and going behind backs and handing out bad reputations to people who do not deserve them. Learn the story, before going and making accusations, how do you know what was said to me, what people I spoke to and the whole situation? Case and point, you don't.
My red doe didn't kindle, *sigh*. Just another thing to add to the stress. You'll still all see me at the rabbit shows no worries, these people won't keep me from what I love, and this little mess won't affect me much. I've been at this perhaps just as long if not longer then they have, granted I might be new at Mini Rex. When I was showing, someone of them weren't even breeding rabbits yet. In that time I've built up a lot of friendships that will hold fast, and plenty of people know me and my name in a good light, and I have never lead someone in the wrong direction.
also, this rabbit was NOT tattooed in either ear when I got him, although people have said he was. I had him tattooed at his first show, and the breeder who did it can attest to this, so can someone please tell me whose rabbit I have :P
Take Care!
-Domonique
-Domonique
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
It's too early in the morning to be online!
Oh well, here I am. I've been anxiously awaiting my red mini rex doe to kindle, she developed a dewlap ever since I bred her and was kind of grumpy the other day, was been picking at her grain, but other than that she's made no attempt at making a nest, but I've had pregnant does act perfectly normal right up until the hour before they kindle. My last litter the doe didn't show any signs of being pregnant, I didn't feel anything when I palpated her although I'm awful at it, then I walk out to check on the rabbits and I see her bringing hay into her nest box and ripping fur out and within the hour she had her babies. I'm hoping this is just one of those cases. I've checked on her a few times but nothing yet, I think I'm just going to leave her alone and stop going into the barn :P.
The boyfriend and I had a talk with his uncle last night after we discovered all the drama going around the internet about our barn we didn't even know was happening until a worried friend called us with some "information" he obtained while talking with another breeder. We basically shook our heads and shrugged it off, stuff gets around the internet all the time. There is always going to be drama within any sport, we've just got to suck it up and deal with it. These people don't know us, they don't know our animals, they don't know our barn, they don't know anything about the situation, other than they might know I obtained a rabbit that was being sold without a pedigree although I received one. We're going to let them think what they want to, we know the truth now, and have contacted interested parties that were going to buy this rabbit to tell them what we had just been told this night. We're still trying to figure it all out, if the pedigree we got was fake, or a mix up with someone else's rabbit. We'll get to the bottom of it soon, but until then, we're going to ignore the immature and cruel "hate mail" that flooded our inbox last evening. Why should we put up with it? We don't have to, so we're not going to. People will always talk about each other, it's pretty much a fact of life. I've grown from the experience! I will no longer buy animals from buyers I do not trust 100%.
I do not for one minute believe we are at fault for advertising the animal the way we did. Kristen from Keep's Rabbitry made a good point. We were selling the rabbit how we bought it and believed it to be. We believed he had a pedigree and it was correct at least to the best that I knew, and I was selling him as such. I was not the breeder of this animal, and I still do not know who is, it's a work in progress trying to sort it out and find out whose pedigree I have and what rabbit is in my barn, but it will all work itself out eventually. I've been told it was one persons rabbit, then another's, and still yet, another's.
I'd like to touch on the subject that just because this happened to me, or happens to any other person, does not mean they have bad animals and are trying to cheat and steal and lie their way through the rabbit world. If that were the case, I'm sure there would be a lot more "bad breeders" out there. People are sold rabbits with false pedigrees all the time. Particularly people who are just starting in rabbits, or just starting in a breed. The best we can do for them is to supply them with animals we know to have correct bloodlines, if the animal has half a pedigree, then so be it, don't fill the other half in to make it look better or to raise the price and get a better profit on the sale.
People who unfortunately obtain such animals, should not be shunned as bad breeders either. They were just as unaware of their mistake as the person who was going to buy animals from this unknown/nonexistent line from them. Neither party knew until it was brought into light by someone else, and as I stated before the best thing a fellow breeder could do, is speak up. It doesn't have to turn into an all out internet brawl of bad mouthing and bashing each other and making someone feel uncomfortable and not want to attend rabbit shows. If you know the rabbit is from your line, and you didn't supply a pedigree, let that person know. They may have some other rabbits pedigree that was meant to be sent somewhere else and now someone is wondering where their rabbits pedigree is, or someone may have created one to make a rabbit look better. I've caught my own friends doing it before desperate to make room and make final attempts at getting rid of overstock bunnies in their barns.
The boyfriend and I had a talk with his uncle last night after we discovered all the drama going around the internet about our barn we didn't even know was happening until a worried friend called us with some "information" he obtained while talking with another breeder. We basically shook our heads and shrugged it off, stuff gets around the internet all the time. There is always going to be drama within any sport, we've just got to suck it up and deal with it. These people don't know us, they don't know our animals, they don't know our barn, they don't know anything about the situation, other than they might know I obtained a rabbit that was being sold without a pedigree although I received one. We're going to let them think what they want to, we know the truth now, and have contacted interested parties that were going to buy this rabbit to tell them what we had just been told this night. We're still trying to figure it all out, if the pedigree we got was fake, or a mix up with someone else's rabbit. We'll get to the bottom of it soon, but until then, we're going to ignore the immature and cruel "hate mail" that flooded our inbox last evening. Why should we put up with it? We don't have to, so we're not going to. People will always talk about each other, it's pretty much a fact of life. I've grown from the experience! I will no longer buy animals from buyers I do not trust 100%.
I do not for one minute believe we are at fault for advertising the animal the way we did. Kristen from Keep's Rabbitry made a good point. We were selling the rabbit how we bought it and believed it to be. We believed he had a pedigree and it was correct at least to the best that I knew, and I was selling him as such. I was not the breeder of this animal, and I still do not know who is, it's a work in progress trying to sort it out and find out whose pedigree I have and what rabbit is in my barn, but it will all work itself out eventually. I've been told it was one persons rabbit, then another's, and still yet, another's.
I'd like to touch on the subject that just because this happened to me, or happens to any other person, does not mean they have bad animals and are trying to cheat and steal and lie their way through the rabbit world. If that were the case, I'm sure there would be a lot more "bad breeders" out there. People are sold rabbits with false pedigrees all the time. Particularly people who are just starting in rabbits, or just starting in a breed. The best we can do for them is to supply them with animals we know to have correct bloodlines, if the animal has half a pedigree, then so be it, don't fill the other half in to make it look better or to raise the price and get a better profit on the sale.
People who unfortunately obtain such animals, should not be shunned as bad breeders either. They were just as unaware of their mistake as the person who was going to buy animals from this unknown/nonexistent line from them. Neither party knew until it was brought into light by someone else, and as I stated before the best thing a fellow breeder could do, is speak up. It doesn't have to turn into an all out internet brawl of bad mouthing and bashing each other and making someone feel uncomfortable and not want to attend rabbit shows. If you know the rabbit is from your line, and you didn't supply a pedigree, let that person know. They may have some other rabbits pedigree that was meant to be sent somewhere else and now someone is wondering where their rabbits pedigree is, or someone may have created one to make a rabbit look better. I've caught my own friends doing it before desperate to make room and make final attempts at getting rid of overstock bunnies in their barns.
I'm not worried about being shunned from the rabbit world, sure it's disheartening to know there are people out there who would rather get involved and act tough and fight for the "reputable breeders" while making a fellow breeder look bad who doesn't deserve it, but I've made enough friends over the years who will stand by me and back me to the fullest extent. I'd also like to bring something else into play here, not meaning to stir up anymore trouble then there already is but.....
If you're such a reputable and respected breeder, why can you not find it in your heart to respect other breeders? Why not contact people to discuss your information in private, why make a big deal of it and get everyone else involved? A respectable, a TRULY respectable and ADMIRABLE BREEDER, would operate in a much more mature fashion, or so you would think. Then again, what is the definition of a respectable rabbit breeder? Someone who is out to make everyone else's life a living hell, or someone who is willing to help solve problems within their much loved rabbit world. How much can you really love it, if you're putting other people in the line of fire.
If you're such a reputable and respected breeder, why can you not find it in your heart to respect other breeders? Why not contact people to discuss your information in private, why make a big deal of it and get everyone else involved? A respectable, a TRULY respectable and ADMIRABLE BREEDER, would operate in a much more mature fashion, or so you would think. Then again, what is the definition of a respectable rabbit breeder? Someone who is out to make everyone else's life a living hell, or someone who is willing to help solve problems within their much loved rabbit world. How much can you really love it, if you're putting other people in the line of fire.
On an ending note, the boyfriend and I have been talking all...well morning now haha. We're rearranging the barn, tearing some stuff down, storing stuff away, and going up to 50-60 holes. We're on the hunt for top notch Mini Rex from the best breeders we can get recommendation's for, and we're not going anywhere >:).
-Domonique & Matthew
And things keep getting worse!
I think all I can do now is laugh, because people are starting to delve into matters that do not concern them. Now everyone thinks no rabbit in my barn has a pedigree. *sigh*
I'm sitting right here looking at the pedigree of a rabbit I was sent to by the breeder now trying to sell it, and the breeder is telling people the rabbit does NOT have a pedigree, well, it's on my desktop, with his name, address, phone number, and website all attached stating it is accurate, so who is at fault and worthy of bad reputation here? If he lied about it, that's on him, not on me.
I'm sitting right here looking at the pedigree of a rabbit I was sent to by the breeder now trying to sell it, and the breeder is telling people the rabbit does NOT have a pedigree, well, it's on my desktop, with his name, address, phone number, and website all attached stating it is accurate, so who is at fault and worthy of bad reputation here? If he lied about it, that's on him, not on me.
I feel kind of, ridiculous for even reading these things. I don't care if someone is 14, 30, or 80 years old and they've been showing rabbits for 1-5 years. I don't appreciate people acting like they know the entire world inside and out, when I've been at this much longer then they have. So I'm 20, age is nothing, I've had and shown rabbits my ENTIRE life, I have never NOT been around a rabbit or rabbit show.
Also, people should get 2 sides of a story before attacking, I feel very disrespected, and have no respect left for these people making accusations about such topics which they really know nothing about. They read some information, and heard other people talk, but in these situations, do you ever see any of these "shit talkers" going straight to the source of argument? No. And that's the point I'm trying to make.
I may be getting out of the rabbit hobby...
I'm at a loss for words right now. I don't even know how to explain my situation, and I am flabbergasted at other breeders involvement in this situation. Here is the problem at hand:
Back in August my boyfriend bought me a Mini Rex buck when I was at a show buying breeding stock to start up in this breed. I was not with him while he was looking at rabbits, but I told him if he bought me a bunny to make sure it came with a pedigree or at least a partial so it could be worked out with breeding later. He found this REALLY cute buck in the sale barn and he told me it had a pedigree. I had another breeder come up to me seeing we were interested in this rabbit, the "seller" of this rabbit apparantly, and he told me the buck was from very reputable local breeders, King's, Comparts, and Import lines from Canada and that one of the best breeders himself told him that if anyone was going to buy a Mini Rex, the buck we were looking at was the one to get.
Back in August my boyfriend bought me a Mini Rex buck when I was at a show buying breeding stock to start up in this breed. I was not with him while he was looking at rabbits, but I told him if he bought me a bunny to make sure it came with a pedigree or at least a partial so it could be worked out with breeding later. He found this REALLY cute buck in the sale barn and he told me it had a pedigree. I had another breeder come up to me seeing we were interested in this rabbit, the "seller" of this rabbit apparantly, and he told me the buck was from very reputable local breeders, King's, Comparts, and Import lines from Canada and that one of the best breeders himself told him that if anyone was going to buy a Mini Rex, the buck we were looking at was the one to get.
I always find it fishy when people don't have pedigrees of their sale rabbits at shows, I admit to doing it a few times because in the rush to get out of the house, I forget everything I need, but this guy had at least 10 rabbits for sale and not a single pedigree for any of them. I liked this buck though and the boyfriend insisted on buying him for me, so he did. I was told I'd get the pedigree in the mail and we actually did.
I showed and bred the buck and he's done very nicely and so far his babies look really good. After getting his babies, I decided I could let him go, so I advertised him for sale on our local group sales list. A lot of people were interested in him! I have a young friend who has recently started in Mini Rex who was online tonight browsing the list and reading through post's when he found one that was rather odd. I'm not going to mention names of posters or my young friend as a courtesy to them. My young friend contacted the poster about his post, as it referred to people in our area advertising rabbits for sale with pedigrees that he knew for a fact (I guess) didn't have pedigrees. Being the nervous youth that my friend is, he asked who he should avoid and what barn was selling these rabbits.
Turns out, it's my barn. It's my buck. My young friend put 2 and 2 together from what the poster informed him of and immediately contacted me with this information. I still don't know what's true or not, because the poster stated we were the ones that bought the rabbit from him, although I know the breeder, what he looks like, his name etc and this was not the person that we purchased the rabbit from. It was a bunny being sold in the sale barn, so perhaps someone else staked claim to such a nice looking animal, who knows what the real situation is because the person selling us the rabbit wasn't the actual breeder of the animal, I have no clue who bred this rabbit.
I showed and bred the buck and he's done very nicely and so far his babies look really good. After getting his babies, I decided I could let him go, so I advertised him for sale on our local group sales list. A lot of people were interested in him! I have a young friend who has recently started in Mini Rex who was online tonight browsing the list and reading through post's when he found one that was rather odd. I'm not going to mention names of posters or my young friend as a courtesy to them. My young friend contacted the poster about his post, as it referred to people in our area advertising rabbits for sale with pedigrees that he knew for a fact (I guess) didn't have pedigrees. Being the nervous youth that my friend is, he asked who he should avoid and what barn was selling these rabbits.
Turns out, it's my barn. It's my buck. My young friend put 2 and 2 together from what the poster informed him of and immediately contacted me with this information. I still don't know what's true or not, because the poster stated we were the ones that bought the rabbit from him, although I know the breeder, what he looks like, his name etc and this was not the person that we purchased the rabbit from. It was a bunny being sold in the sale barn, so perhaps someone else staked claim to such a nice looking animal, who knows what the real situation is because the person selling us the rabbit wasn't the actual breeder of the animal, I have no clue who bred this rabbit.
The big thing that appauls me about all of this, is at the end of it all, my young friend asked the poster if it would be alright that he contact me to let me know the buck I believed to be pedigreed wasn't, and that the pedigree must be fake or some really disastrous mix up occurred. The poster told him to simply pass on the rabbit, and not to say anything to me. This really hurt my feelings in a way, that other breeders wouldn't let me know what's going on with my own animals. I don't want to sell anyone a rabbit that isn't what it's advertised to be, and that was not my intention in this, I believed the animal was pedigreed and that is how I was selling him. For other people to know the truth that his animal has no pedigree and to not want to help me in any way and just let it slide is beyond my comprehension.
I get the feeling they want me to have a bad reputation and fail miserably, because they offered no help. As soon as I got off the phone I was in tears. Not only because the poster didn't want us to find out about our animal, but because someone sold us an animal falsely advertised as well. I don't want to do that to other people, and it turns out, someone did it to me. Which is just terrible, and I'm still shaking from the stress of this situation. If you are a reputable breeder and you find information of this going on, contact the person who is selling the animal! It will help everyone else out in the long run, even the person selling the animal. What hurts even more, is that all of my Mini Rex in the barn, come from this poster/breeder's lines, the very animals that I pride myself on having for those lines, are backed by a breeder who refused to help out another person.
I get the feeling they want me to have a bad reputation and fail miserably, because they offered no help. As soon as I got off the phone I was in tears. Not only because the poster didn't want us to find out about our animal, but because someone sold us an animal falsely advertised as well. I don't want to do that to other people, and it turns out, someone did it to me. Which is just terrible, and I'm still shaking from the stress of this situation. If you are a reputable breeder and you find information of this going on, contact the person who is selling the animal! It will help everyone else out in the long run, even the person selling the animal. What hurts even more, is that all of my Mini Rex in the barn, come from this poster/breeder's lines, the very animals that I pride myself on having for those lines, are backed by a breeder who refused to help out another person.
I am disgusted, and this has made me want to completely sell out of all my animals. If I can't trust people to sell me animals advertised as what they are, or people to help me when something like this happens, how can I trust anyone?
-Domonique
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